Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.
The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).
The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.
The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.
Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.
Roger Philip Mellor
少年不要太冲动，在外地没有亲戚保护的情况下，还不知天高地厚，结果出事了。
愤怒迷茫又不知所措的青春，用流星烟火或匆匆开过的花来形容都不贴切，它并不美丽也不特殊，就像一团野火一簇野草，倏地开过，不知所以。侯孝贤作为制片人，是不是技痒才有了后来的南国再见。这两片内核上是一脉相承的，更何况还有小高作为纽带，一个同样是很义气很暴脾气，以为自己是大哥很罩，其实终究无能为力。本片的气质上更粗粝狂野，而南国则有了分量更重的女性角色而多了一分细腻。罗大佑的客串真是惊喜。
点了十多个三星评论来看都是♂(陈述事实) 导演快拍爱丽丝门罗！
整体太乱了... 乱到一切都没有说服力...
费兰特小说改的呀。好看，但是看着让人想撞墙。
为玛吉.吉伦哈尔点一个大大的赞！拍得太好了，完全看不出新手的样子。虽然是一个跟当年的“自己”相遇这样不怎么新鲜的框架，但依然可以借着一个略带悬疑的主线故事被讲述得细腻至极。奥利维亚.科尔曼值得另一个奥斯卡提名，全片的大近景完全没有妨碍她的表现，反而更让人看到她在细微表情处理上的高超。
内容很深刻，可拍出来有儿怎么说呢，杂乱。演员演得尽力了，可导演对全片节奏的把握不太行，全片无跌宕起伏，太平了。再就是电影没太拍出来女主在这个社会下的无力感，浪费了一个好题材。
看了徐小明92年的《少年吔，安啦》，画质感人到我一度放弃画面，专心看台词跟剧情。90年代台湾和香港的黑帮电影完全发展向两个方向，一个很写实，一个很浮夸。写实的生猛有力，浮夸的肆意妄为。《少年安啦》中高捷真是帅出一脸血，想想高仓健正年轻时候的版型，诸如高仓健。
难得找到的画质感人，不过故事还蛮有feel的，高捷首做大哥，少年死于年少，罗大佑和伍佰的歌赞。
像我的悲哀。在那个混乱的年代混乱的台湾，少年都是如此 何况还有了枪。悲哀的故事
明知道是歧路，但还是会向往 @2018-09-28 11:18:54
罗大佑和林强表演皇后大道东那一段很high哈哈，台北版小武（比贾樟柯的还早），电影版一佰万（和新宝康乐队同一年），配乐也不错！
30 年后 颜正国坐完牢当了导演 《少年吔》已杀青
仿佛看到了人到中年的我未来一人去海边度假的场景。但是如果有的选，干嘛一个人去海边趟那浑水，自己一个人在家也能反思。达妹在电影里是非常有魅力的，呈现出了一个不同于往日甜美形象的模样 可是造型和浓妆并没有为她演技加分。
现在看来有点粗糙了，写实感非常强。贡献了一张太出色的音乐作品辑，以至于我觉得伍佰的歌要好过电影。还有罗大佑和林强的特别出演。
OLivia is everything ~ 女性視角鋪天蓋地，可，普通大眾已經被培育完整的“男性角度”的敘事結構，起承轉合，情緒處理讓此類片無法走“更遠”。一些女創作者也許想的比大多數男創作者更多更深，更感性或者更不把觀眾當兒童。但，現實是殘酷的，只有抵抗現實，需要更多女創作者，流媒體買更多，電影院上更多。
心理惊悚的部分做得相当好，女主对于娃娃的执念，偷了娃娃后的各种被害妄想，我都非常能relate，人有时候就是这么怪，会做一些很荒诞很无理取闹同时对自己也没什么用的事情，但人还是会去做。影院被吵闹青年人打扰后崩溃的场景也好。怎么讲，这个片子捕捉到了许多怪异的情绪点，都不是什么重要的事，但会让人在意很久。不过我很烦这个故事本身，被抛弃女儿的愧疚困扰的后半生，不想再看到这个了，什么时候能看到心安理得的抛弃，抛弃后自己也可以过得好的故事。不生最好，生了也不要去背负枷锁，这枷锁背了几千年了是时候放下了。小孩就是很烦
好电影，高捷很帅啊。每个男孩心中都有个江湖梦 这个梦很凄凉很凶残。
最大问题是倒叙结构并没能成功辅助后半段情感递进，只能全靠演员表演和配乐来硬顶。
作为处女作，居然有着惊人细腻的质感，多场1v1对手戏摄影机都无所畏惧的对着演员怼，戏剧性饱满得要命。
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